FilmIndia (1946)

January, 1946 FILM INDIA that Director P. C. Barua has been able to complete the shooting of "Pahechan", and by the time this appears in print the picture will have been censored. In the cast we find Barua, Jamuna and Maya Bannerjee with Ahindra Chaudhary in a principal role. CHANDRA ART PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) After providing a lot ot variety in village shots and other atmosphere, Director Nanubhai Bhatt has been able to complete his social story called "40 Crores". The picture features Nirmala, Arun, Yakub and many others who are expected to gi\e a good account of themselves. HILAL FILM CORPORATION (Bombay) This is a new producing company which promises to be a feature of the vigorous film activities in the post-war Manorama piays a pathetic role in "Rehana" a picture of Girdhar Bahar Productions. reconstruction period. Their maiden picture will be called "Hai Jani" and will have Chandrika and many others in the cast. The picture is being directed by A. R. Zamindar. LUCKY FILMS (Bombay) Producer K. L. Kahan reports that he is now doing the final shooting of his two thrillers "Nishana" and "khooni." Both the pictures feature Rajrani and Navinchandra and are expected to provide a lot of thrills as these are stories with speed and action. The next picture planned by them is called "Phansi." FAMOUS FILMS (Bombay) Great preparations are afoot at the studios of the Bombay Talkies secured by Producer Shiraz Ali Hakim for the production of "Mughal-EAzam", a story of the times of Akbar. This picture which is being directed by Asif has Veena. Chandramohan and Nargis playing the main roles. INDIA FILM CIRCUIT (Bombay) One of the several pictures controlled by this firm of distributors is "Hamjoli" which is being produced for National Theatres by Messrs. Ismail Memon and Luqman. It is a social story featuring Nur Jehan and it will be soon ready under the personal supervision of Producer K. Abdulla. JAGRITI PICTURES (Bombay) It is a strange coincidence that when "Desert Song", a picture produced by Warner Brothers has been released in Bombay, another one produced by an Indian company and called "Song Of The Desert" should be released at the Kamal Talkies in Bombay. We are told that this picture presents some classically spectacular shots of desert life in the country. KAHAN ART PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) Director K. L. Kahan has evidently started this company as his very own for production purposes. The maiden production of this company will be a social storv called "Mahiya" which is being produced in Punjabi Ram Daryani's intellectual height is greater than his physical one. In the past he has directed some good pictures, but recently he has been found with a slight swelling in the head. That is the malady that stops further improvement. Ram has the stuff of a good director and we hope he uses some of it in "Shravan Kumar" (Continued from page 54) America. Don't try it in India. Follow the following natural method: Take a tumbler of cold, clean water and blink your eyes several times for three minutes, night and morning. This tones up the tiny muscles under the eyes and with perseverance you will miss to find the puffing in the mirror one morning. With women all beauty defects are found with the mirror. Like everything else, the eyes also need regular exercise to keep them fit. Try this one, twice daily — morning and evening: Open the eyes wide and role the blacks from side to side and up and down and around the white globes a dozen times. Stop and close the eyes completely for a minute. Do this six times and see how vou feel. Winking is also a good eye-exercise, but it is a risky affair in the open with our college boys about. Some of these lip-sticked fellows — this is the new college vogue — have eyes with X-rays that penetrate even the privacy of ladies' cloak-rooms and it is always safe for women to wink in their own rooms with the blinds down. That is enough about milady's eyes. If she wants more of these hints she had better wink to me next time out. 65